Known for:	Porterhouse Blue, All the King's Men, The BFG
Birth name:	David John White
Birthday:	2 February 1940, Edmonton, London, England, UK
Height:	5' 6" (1.68 m)

Brother of actor Arthur White. He once described marriage as "like throwing yourself into a river when you only wanted a drink of water". Became a father for the first time at age 61, when his partner of 4 years, Gill Hinchcliffe (41) gave birth to a daughter, Sophie Mae. [26 February 2001] Worked as a self-employed electrician before becoming an actor, initially in the theatre and later moving to television. Did not find out until age 14 that he had a twin brother who had died at birth. He was considered for the role of Corporal Jones in the BBC series Dad's Army, which eventually went to Clive Dunn. Received two awards at the British Television Awards. He got the awards for "Britain's Best Actor" and "Britain's Best Comedy Actor". After discovering that there was already a David White registered with Equity, he took his stage surname from the first name of his twin brother Jason who had died in infancy. Knighted in the Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours. He collected the award from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 1 December 2005, having secretly married his long-term partner Gill Hinchcliffe at the Dorchester Hotel in London the day before. [2005] He was awarded an O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of British Empire) for his services to drama.

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